Karl_Racki wrote:I am shocked this isn't getting more attention here, I guess talking about Darryl Sydor is more important.

I didn't see it on the news, but it doesn't sound like it was that big a deal. Sometimes tempers get heated in competitive sports. Obviously fights shouldn't happen between teammates, but it didn't sound like it was an all out brawl.

Bob Errey disagrees with you. Last year during a Southpointe practice, Orpik looked like he was trying to kill some of his teammates including Evgeni Malkin when he brought a stick up into his face. When someone complained about it, Bibbs said, "People can learn something from that." The words stuck in my head, but he's right. And this team is playing about as SOFF as I've seen them under Therrien. They NEED a serious attitude adjustment, even if it's a little 'crazy'. After all, the Flyerssum are coming to town!!!!!

Maybe it wasn't Godard's fault. Wasn't there someone who tried to claim that Letang was going to be a locker room cancer? That little jerk head probably called Godard a mean name, totally deserved everything he got, I'm sure.

Don't see it as a problem unless it continues to happen or becomes part of a wider range of problems, such as in the case of Emery. For now, a slap on the back of the head and that's the end of it unless it occurs again.

wallflower wrote:Maybe it wasn't Godard's fault. Wasn't there someone who tried to claim that Letang was going to be a locker room cancer? That little jerk head probably called Godard a mean name, totally deserved everything he got, I'm sure.

wallflower wrote:Maybe it wasn't Godard's fault. Wasn't there someone who tried to claim that Letang was going to be a locker room cancer? That little jerk head probably called Godard a mean name, totally deserved everything he got, I'm sure.

indeed, we have some tough guys on the roster but the team is playing soft. We went from (arguably) the toughest team in the Eastern Conf to one of the softer teams in the Eastern Conf this offseason.

MT and Shero preach team-toughness but it's not all about fighting majors. Through 3 games we haven't seen many big hits, agitating, or scrappy play. I'm not talking about Kennedy sticking up for a teammate or Gill or Godard fighting. I'm talking about big hits, intensity, mean/aggressive hockey. I've seen none of it this year. So far the Pens seem VERY easy to play against....which is a bad thing.

The U wrote:indeed, we have some tough guys on the roster but the team is playing soft. We went from (arguably) the toughest team in the Eastern Conf to one of the softer teams in the Eastern Conf this offseason.

MT and Shero preach team-toughness but it's not all about fighting majors. Through 3 games we haven't seen many big hits, agitating, or scrappy play. I'm not talking about Kennedy sticking up for a teammate or Gill or Godard fighting. I'm talking about big hits, intensity, mean/aggressive hockey. I've seen none of it this year. So far the Pens seem VERY easy to play against....which is a bad thing.

Thats not what they did last year, they stepped up when they needed to, but they weren't some mean team. It sounds like you want the 90s-early00s Maple leafs or something.